Scanning the headlines for religion stories on Millennials and Gen Zers can be confusing. Are emerging generations in America abandoning faith altogether, or are they discovering spirituality? Are they open to religion, or are they anti-religious?

Mysticism is part of every religious tradition. It is defined as union with God or ultimate reality, and is often experiential in nature, involving dreams and visions or some kind of subjective experience where a person claims contact with the Divine.

I came across a profile in TheLos Angeles Times’ business section profiling Brian Chung and Bryan Ye-Chung, founders of Alabaster, a new edition of the Bible. The title? “Pitching the Bible to millennials: It's a ‘content-rich lifestyle brand.’”

Churches often stress that marriage is important and ideally the lifelong covenant union between two people who pledge to be faithful, loving, caring, and committed. But prior to the exchanging of vows, there is often an engagement phase, and a dating period before that.

Long before the wedding day, there is a first date, and hopefully a second, and so on. As Generation Z grows and matures, they are learning how to date. How are they doing?

Students in their senior year of high school (and sometimes junior year as well) often cast an eye toward the future. We ask students, “What do you want to major in next year?” and “Where are you going to college?”

Gen Zers are feeling more lonely, and screens are to blame. ABC News reports, “anew study has found that as digital media use has increased among teens who are part of Generation Z, aptly dubbed iGen, so have their feelings of loneliness and depression.”